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Flesh-eating parasite case detected in US traveler returning from Central America

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Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel shares his perspective on whether the mosquito-borne virus in China will spread to the United States and how AI can be detrimental to children's and young adults' mental health on'Fox Report.' The first case of a travel-associated human screwworm infection has been detected in Maryland. Andrew Nixon, spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed to Fox News Digital that the patient had recently returned from a trip to El Salvador, a country affected by a screwworm outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) worked in conjunction with the Maryland Department of Health to investigate the case. The CDC confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4 after experts reviewed larvae images. "The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," Nixon said.


Flesh-eating New World Screwworm could pose health risks to cattle, humans

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Tech expert Kurt Knutsson discusses how robots can milk, feed and clean cows on dairy farms, boosting efficiency and comfort. A threat to American livestock – the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly, which has been considered eradicated from the country since 1966 -- has reemerged as a potential danger following an outbreak in Mexico. The news triggered a shutdown of cattle, horse and bison imports along the southern border, as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in an X post on Sunday. "Due to the threat of New World Screwworm I am announcing the suspension of live cattle, horse, & bison imports through U.S. southern border ports of entry effective immediately," she wrote in the post. "The last time this devastating pest invaded America, it took 30 years for our cattle industry to recover.